Frank van Hattum

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Frank van Hattum
Personal information
Full nameFrancesco van Hattum
Date of birth (1958-11-17) 17 November 1958
Place of birthNew Plymouth, New Zealand
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1976–1982Manurewa AFC140(0)
1983Christchurch United20(0)
1984Papatoetoe AFC22(0)
1985–1986Auckland University41(1)
1987–1989Mt. Maunganui
1990Manurewa
National team
1980–1986New Zealand28(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Francesco (Frank) van Hattum (born 17 November 1958 in New Plymouth) is a former New Zealand football player who was a goalkeeper during the country's first World Cup finals tournament in 1982.[1] His international career started in 1980, and he played a total of 41 times for his country including unofficial matches.[2]

Career

Van Hattum made his official All Whites debut in a 2–0 win over Fiji on 21 February 1980[3] and ended his international playing career with 28 A-international caps to his credit,[4] his final cap an appearance in a 1–2 loss to Australia on 2 November 1986.[3]

Controversially, van Hattum replaced Richard Wilson as goalkeeper for all three games at the finals tournament in Spain[5] despite Wilson's having played in all fifteen of New Zealand's qualifying matches.[6]

Van Hattum was rated 2nd behind Mark Bosnich of Australia in the Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century category in International Federation of Football History and Statistics' Century Elections.[7]

Serving as a director on the New Zealand Football Board, van Hattum stood for re-election at the AGM for an expected board shake-up and was elected Chairman of the seven person board on 25 June 2008. [8][9] He also serves on the FIFA Associations Committee.[10] On 23 January 2014 Van Hattum announced his intention to step down as chairman at the February board meeting.[11]

Family

The son of a noted goalkeeper coach Frits van Hattum, Frank comes from a sporting family with two of his sisters, Marie-Jose Griffith (prev. Marie-Jose Cooper/ née van Hattum) and Grazia MacIntosh (née van Hattum), have also represented New Zealand with the New Zealand women's national football team, the Football Ferns.[12] His youngest sister, Stella Pennell (prev. Stella Lenihan/ née van Hattum) represented New Zealand with the New Zealand Karate Federation – first as competitor, then as Women's coach.[13]

Honours

Club

Manurewa

A-International Caps

A-International fixtures and results

See also: results from 1922–69 and 1970–present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1982 World Cup – New Zealand squad". FIFA.com. 
  2. ↑ "New Zealand Players' Careers". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2009. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A-International Lineups, 1980–1989". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 5 August 2009. 
  4. ↑ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 5 August 2009. 
  5. ↑ "The 1982 World Cup finals". New Zealand History Online. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009. 
  6. ↑ "New Zealand 1982 World Cup squad". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008. 
  7. ↑ "IFFHS' Century Elections". IFFHS. Retrieved 4 July 2008. 
  8. ↑ "NZF Administration". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008. 
  9. ↑ "Van Hattum takes chair at New Zealand Football". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008. 
  10. ↑ "Associations Committee". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010. 
  11. ↑ "NZF Boss Quits". NZ Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2014. 
  12. ↑ NZ Ferns Caps and Goals
  13. ↑ "Father of Football". Taranaki Daily News. 15 June 2009. 

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